The Earth Is Flat: & Other Dressmaking Conventions

...hee hee...haw...Haw...HAW...Ha...HA...HA...HA...HAAAAAAA! Such a funny girl I can be. :) Not that I have given up. The work continues, bu...

I haven't nearly finished pulling all the fringe on the first edge of my veil, but I've followed in my usual impatient path and star...

Yes, I am working on it. Yes, it is going really slow. We're not talking treacle slow, more like cold tar. (sigh) I'm pulling thread...

'Till the start of the over and above challenge! I'm gonna go to bed now, but it's nice to know I (almost) could start...if only...

Portrait of a Woman Unknown Tuscan Artist, 1590-1610 Uffuzi, Inventory of 1890, Item #2300 It's really too bad that I don't need ano...

I noticed while I was working on my test sample that the pattern for the points in the extant piece is clearly a few threads larger than the...

For those who are looking for ideas for the Over and Above mini-challenge. At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Man's Cape Italy, la...

The Realm of Venus "Over and Above" mini-challenge is officially going forward so I guess I'd better decide what I'm going...

The focus of the challenge is on outerwear, mainly coats of various sorts, but since I already have a stunning loose gown which I rarely ge...